Gate construction.



. PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905. G. B. ORAWLEI & E. J. RABB.

GATE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAI), 1905:

. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 No, 806,645. I PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905. G. E. ORAWLEY &E. J. RABB.

GATE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.9, 1905.

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unirEn STATES GEORGE E. ORAWLEY AND ELMERJ. RABB, oE

GATE CONSTRUCTION.

PATENT ()FF1OE.

CLINTON, INDIANA.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. OEAWLEY and ELMER J. RABB, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Vermilion andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful.Improvements inGate Construction; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled inthe art to which it apper tains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to gate construction, and more particularly toswinging gates; and it consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the preferred form whereof will behereinafter clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The main object of our invention, among others, is to provide a gate ofthe character specified which may be very easily controlled and disposedin an open or closed position, as desired, and the parts of which may becheaply and ex editiously manufactured and readily assemb ed each in itsoperative position.

A further object of our invention is to provide a gate which willconsist of but a few parts, each very sim le in character, whereby thegate willnot be iable toget out of order, or prove inoperative.

Another object is to suspend the gate so that it will be trulycounterbalanced, whereby it may be rotated upon its pivot-point andreadily o ened from either side and as quickly close I Other objects andadvantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which are considered a part of thisapplication, and in which Figure 1 shows a side elevation of ourgate ina closed position. 'Fig. 2 shows our gate in a partly-open condition.Fig. 3 shows our improved gate slightly lifted, so that stock may walkunder the same. Fig. 4' shows our gate both in an elevated and openposition. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the supporting-clevis employedby us 1n suspending our gate in its operative position.

For convenience of description thevarious parts of our invention andaccessories designed to cooperate therewith will be designated bynumerals, the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout theseveral views, and, referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1indicates the main post, While 2 designates the keeper-post, and 3 thegat'esupporting post proper, which is designed to rotate-in suitablebearings rovided in the bracing section or bar4 an in the block 5,anchored in the ground at the lower end of the auxiliary post 3, as bymeans of a trunnion (designated by dotted lines 6) entering said block,as will be clearly obvious.

Our improved gate, comprising any desired number of bars orhorizontallydisposed members 7, properly connected together by uprights8, 1s suspended upon the arm or'bracket 9, attached to the upper end ofthe auxiliary post 3 and braced and reinforced by means .of the member10 thus providing a strong and reliable means for suspending our gate inits operative position and holding it suspended whether ina closed orpartly-open condition, it being understood that the auxiliary post 3readily turns in its bearings, so as to permit the gate to be opened andclosed, as desired. Upon each side of the auxiliary post 3 we provide asupportingbracket 11, upon which the projecting end of one of thegate-bars is designed to rest. In-

like manner we provide upon the keeper-post 2 the supporting-bars 12 and13, properly secured to the keeper-post in any referred way and ofsufficient length to exten beyond each side thereof to afiord aresting-place for one of the extended gate-bars, and it is thereforeobvious that our improved gate when in a closed position is disposedwith its entire weight upon the members 11 and 13, the office of themember 12 being to prevent the gate from beingraised, as by an animalattem ting to pass under the lower bar.

e now call attention to the preferred means of suspending our improvedgate, consisting of a pair of uprights 14, separated sufficiently'toreceive between them the gatebars 7 and separated at their lower ends bya block 15 and similarly separated at their upper ends by a block '16,thereby affording space between said.uprights to loosely receive thegate-bars 7, as before explained. The middle uprights 8 of the gateproper are sufficiently separated to loosely receive'be tween them themembers 14, above referred free end of the arm or bracket 9 is providedwith a substantially L-shaped bolt 19, so mounted in said arm that thelateral extension or finger 20 of said bolt may be freely moved to theright or to the left. The finger 20 is designed to pass loosely throughan aperture in the end 21 of the clevis 22, it being understood thatsaid clevis is disposed in engagement with the upper ends of the members14 by means of the bolt 23 or the equivalent thereof. By thus mountingthe L-shaped bolt 19 so that it will freely turn in the end of the armor bracket 9 the said bolt is left free to rotate in its socket, whereit is secured by means of'the nut 24 or equivalent means. By thusmountin our improved gate it follows that after the gate is lifted fromthe supporting members 11 and 13 it may be turned completely around,incident to the opening thereof.

It is thought from the foregoing descrip- V 7 tion that the constructionand operation of our improved gate will be made clearly apparent, thoughit may be stated that the manner of opening the gate is as follows: Ifthe gate is approached from that side illustrated in Fig. 1, theoperator may drive his team closely up to the gate. The operator afterthus driving the team closely up to the gate has only to lift the gatefrom the supports 11 and 13 and move the gate longitudinallysufficiently to permit the end of the gate to pass the keeper-post, whenthe entire gate may be bodily swung around against the fartherchecking-post 25, it being understood that one of said posts is providedupon each side of the gate. After the team shall have been driventhrough, the vehicle may be stopped quite near the keeper-post and stillthe operator will be enabled to close the gate notwithstandingtheposition of the vehicle, the closing being accomplished by'moving theend of the gate contiguous to the bracket 11, so thatit will rest uponthe bar 13, thereby completely changing the gate end for end.

Our improved gate may be very readily 7 opened from either side, asbefore explained,

and since there are two brackets 11 and since the bar 13is of sufficientlength to reject upon each side of the keeper-post it fbllows that ourgate is provided with a suitable sup port or seat upon either side ofthe posts 2 and 3. The supporting bracket or arm 9 is thus left directlyover the gate when the latter is disposed in a closed position, thisresult .being accomplished by the lateral extension or finger 20 and,further, by reason of the fact that the said L-shaped bolt is adaptedtoturn in its seat in said arm. Inasmuch as our gate may be bodilyraised and secured at any desired point upon the members 14 by means ofthe locking-pin 17 engaging one of the recesses 18 our gate may be leftin a closed position relative to the posts 2 and 3 and at the same timebodily elevated sulficiently to permit smaller animals to pass freelythereunder and exclude or prevent larger animals from passing throughthe gate.

Believing that the construction and operation of our improved gate havethus been made clearly apparent, further description is deemedunnecessary.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a rotatable post having an arm extendingtherefrom and rigidly connected thereto; of an angular member secured toand depending from the arm, a clevis pivoted upon said member, paralleltoothed supporting devices pivoted to the clevis and adapted to swingtherein and rotate with the clevis, a gate adj ustably mounted at itscenter between the toothed supporting devices, and means for locking thegate to the supporting devices.

2. The combination with a rotatable post having an arm rigidly connectedthereto, of parallel supporting devices suspended from the arm androtatably connected to it, a gate adjustably mounted at its centerbetween the supporting devices, means for preventing longitudinalmovement of the gate between the supporting devices, and a lock forsecuring the gate in adjusted position between its supporting devices.

3. The combination with a rotatable post having an arm rigidly connectedthereto, brackets upon the post, a fixed post having a gate-supportingmeans thereon; of supporting devices suspended from and movablyconnected to the arm, a gate adjustably mounted at its center betweenthe supporting devices and adapted to engage the brackets and supportingmeans upon the posts, means for preventing longitudinal movement of thegate between its central supporting devices, and a lock for holding thegate iii-adjusted position.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. CRAWLEY. ELMER J. RABB.

Witnesses R. A. ALLEN, O. MARsHALL.

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